Obama Campaign Installs Hillary Communications Staffer In Key Ohio Post
We haven't seen many Hillary staffers join the Obama campaign yet, but Team Obama has now tapped a Hillary communications staffer and installed him in a key post in the crucial swing state of Ohio -- continuing Obama's rapid buildup of staff in the battleground states.
Isaac Baker, a Hillary spokesperson in Ohio throughout the primary, has joined Camp Obama as the Ohio director of communications. "We're building a strong field organization that will bring this campaign to all 88 counties," Baker IMs me.
Baker is the second Hillary staffer to jump to Team Obama after Hillary campaign manager Patti Solis Doyle recently joined as the chief of staff to the as-yet-unselected Veep. While Doyle's obviously a higher level staffer than Baker, the lead Ohio press gig is the sort of low-profile post that can matter, given the state's obvious importance in the general and given how bitterly contested it's likely to be.




















Good news!
We're going to win Ohio this year, mark it down!
June 24, 2008 5:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
We're going to rock Ohio
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June 24, 2008 5:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
Post your blog link when you have something relevant to the discussion, or in your own thread. Otherwise, it's just spamming. Please stop.
June 24, 2008 8:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
heh heh
We're watching a landslide in progress.
On the Telecom Immunity front, Sens Dodd and Feingold will fillibuster with the support of Sen Reid.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/24/dodd-and-feingold-try-to_n_108963.html
June 24, 2008 5:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
Eric/Greg -- c'mon... the LAT poll. 12pt lead.
June 24, 2008 5:16 PM | Reply | Permalink
Tee hee. That grows to a 15 point lead when Nader and Barr are tossed into the mix.
A poll that finds that Democrats are distinctly more enthusiastic about their candidate than Republicans. No one could have anticipated that.
Link, here: Times/Bloomberg Poll
June 24, 2008 5:24 PM | Reply | Permalink
Why do I think if this was a poll showing Kentucky with Grampy McSame ahead, it would already be posted...
ARRGH!
June 24, 2008 5:34 PM | Reply | Permalink
Sen. Clinton had many talented staff at local level and the more we can get into the fight the better.
June 24, 2008 5:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
Is the fact that this is only the second Clinton staffer to join the Obam team an indication of any reluctance on their part, on Obama's part, or not much of a reflection of anything at this stage of the game?
June 24, 2008 5:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hi in the middle, round on both ends and turning cobalt blue!
June 24, 2008 6:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'd suspect it reflects nothing much. People were tired. A loss is tough, and then to join with the victor -- well, you search your heart. About any larger "meaning"? I doubt it. I've had enough of overinterpretation this campaign, from the press mostly, but from everybody else, too.
And nobody remembers, but I was on the comments boards at HuffPost about a year ago, and they were full of Obama supporters threatening that, if Hillary won, they would vote for McCain. I kid you not. In both cases, it's a little nuts but understandable.
June 25, 2008 3:41 AM | Reply | Permalink